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LU. BOY
THE INVISIBLE CHARACTER
THE $6 MILLION WIFE
A DRUNK EVERY TWO MINUTES
There was a time in the history of the theater when one
certain performer appeared in every scene, no matter what the
play. Never did this character have lines to speak outloud.
Rather, he carried a large manuscript, which he seemed to
study carefully as he strolled, sidled and hopped from place to
place around the stage. The prompter, his job was to whisper
all the upcoming lines to the actors. And the record shows that
the audiences in those 15th Century days got used to his
presence right away and he became virtually invisible to them.
Q. "You know the sexy model that makes TV commercials
for toothpaste and hair conditioner and shaving cream? She
slinks around, singing, 'My name is Creamy, cha cha cha,' or
something like that. Who in the world is that dish?"
A. Her name is Farrah Fawcett. Her dad is an oil field con
tractor in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband, regret to report,
is actor Lee Majors, the $6 million man.
Q. "Where was it that the law required the attending physi
cian to lead the funeral parade of the deceased?"
A. Believe you refer to the custom but not the law in Can
andaigua, N.Y., between 1790 and 1880.
Q. "The actress Liv Ullman is Swedish, no?"
A. No, no, a thousand times no, cries Liv. She says she's a
Norwegian, but: "My father was a civil engineer... he and
mama happened to be in Japan when I was manufactured."
FIRST TOOTHPICK
Can't identify the inventor of the first toothpick, but do
know that character was a Sumerian who got off to a dandy
beginning with it in about 3,000 B.C. It was solid gold.
Were you aware that a doctor with particular skills can find
out that you suffer from kidney disease just by looking into
your eyes?
How many of the drivers that pass you in the opposite lane
of the freeway can be rightly described as drunk? That's what
the U.S. Department of Transportation wanted to know. A
study of the matter convinced its statisticians that one out of
every 50 should be so labeled. In one hour's driving time along
a busy thoroughfare, they concluded, you can expect to pass
one drunken driver every two minutes. Remarkable, if true.
AddrMi mill to L.M. Boyd, P.O. Box 17076, Fort Worth, TX 76102
Copyright 1976 L.M. Boyd
Almanac For Today
By United Press International
Today is Saturday, Feb. 7,
the 38th day of 1976 with 328 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
The morning star is Venus.
The evening stars are Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Aquarius.
American novelist Sinclair
Lewis was born Feb. 7, 1885.
On this day in history:
In 1926, the average pay for
Christian fellowship
is essential
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: Praise the Lord
for the opportunity of programs like yours
on television. I was impressed by the
number of converts, but I have a question.
Is there some kind of follow-up program
for those people? — E.O.
DEAR E.0.: Indeed there is! You see,
the Bible teaches us that when Christ
comes into the human heart, a process of
growth immediately begins. While my
special ministry is the first step of
evangelism, I have always been keenly
interested in a follow-up program leading
to spiritual maturity.
First of all, we encourage a person who
comes forward in a crusade to become
connected with a church. A new Christian
needs other Christians, and fellowship
with other believers is essential for
Christian growth.
common labor in the United
States was 54 cents an hour.
In 1973, the U.S. Senate voted
to set up a seven-member
committee to investigate the
Watergate break-in of Demo
cratic National Headquarters.
In 1975, the government
reported that unemployment
rose to 8.2 per cent in January,
confirming fears that the
recession was the worst since
World War 11.
Second, we encourage them to enroll in
our special Bible study program. At the
present time, there are thousands of in
dividuals taking this program each month.
There are four Bible study lessons in the
series. Each lesson seeks to help the
student discover on his own the answers to
basic spiritual questions as found in the
Bible. The lessons are corrected by a
trained staff, and if necessary, additional
help is provided by the spiritual counseling
department.
Third, we have nurture groups in most
areas of a city — where a new inquirer can
go for further help.
Fourth, the counselor also follows up for
as long as a year.
We believe in Christian education and
know by experience that if you are not
moving ahead with the Lord, you are in
danger of slipping back.
Should we blame it all on Congress
PBO
Rep. Bob Eckhardt
How good a job is the 94th Congress doing?
I think that Congress has always, by its very nature, been
like a large, cold machine that is really rather hard to start.
The presidency, in the ideal sense, is more or less the ignition
system. When there is a divided government — when the
naturally <more deliberative body, the Congress, is in the
hands of what is the more progressive party and when the
presidency is in the hands of the more conservative party —
our government really doesn’t work very well. That is one of
our major problems. However, I think Congress has done a
good job. I disagree with the proposition that Congress has put
itself too much in the posture of an opponent. We have been
faced with 39 vetoes since Ford has been President. There is
an inordinate tendency on the part of this President to veto the
bills that have to do with social benefits and to leave intact
bills that have to do with large expenditures to government
contractors.
Is Congress a spendthrift on welfare programs and a
tightwad on defense?
I don’t think anybody wants unplanned, continually
increased spending. But we have a little difference (with the
Ford Administration) about where the money is to be spent
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) wanted to
spend $107.2 billion on national defense; the House wanted to
spend $99.6. On commerce and transportation, the OMB
proposed $12.1 billion; the House voted $17.3 billion. On com
munity and regional development the House proposed about
twice the OMB figure of $5.5 billion. Os course you can’t
(make all the cuts) in the defense budget alone but I don’t
think we’ve had very sharp examinations generally by the
Armed Services Committee with respect to whether or not
that money is spent efficiently.
Do we need gun control and if so, why doesn’t
Congress pass it?
I have always favored what I think is the practical approach
to the whole question — that is to absolutely ban the use of
hand guns by the public and do virtually nothing with respect
to rifles and shotguns. Rifles and shotguns are quite different
from handguns in that they cannot be concealed. I suppose the
reason we have not (passed legislation) is because con
gressmen have a tendency to respond to the intense interest
and long memory rather than the general public interest and
the relatively short memory. But I think we’re coming to the
point where we’ll simply have to grapple with the question.
tax dollars
The Thomaston times
Taxpayers, including those in
the City of Thomaston and
County of Upson, have been
paying tax money as Georgians
to have their local tax
supported governmental units
sued.
Hard to believe?
There has been a fund known
as the Georgia Indigent Legal
Services program which has
provided legal assistance at
tax-paid expense the end result
of which has been civil suits
against city and county of
ficials.
The reason we bring it up is to
tell you that the General
MY
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Today’s topic: “A Critique of Congress,” is
argued by Rep. Bob Eckhardt (D-Texas) and
Rep. John Anderson (R-Illinois). This article
is adapted from the National Town Meeting
which is held each week at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C., where public figures
debate and answer questions on current issues.
Editorials
From other newspapers
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Assembly and Governor George
Busbee have agreed to stop
financing the program.
Like so many other things,
good intended programs are
abused out of existence.
To this one, we say good
ridance.
Look
Ahead
Vidalia advance
An appropriate message for
Americans, in early 1976, is that
we look forward in our work to
build a better life, a better
community and country.
Scandal, misdeeds and
illegalities crowded almost
every day of 1975. It’s good the
guilty are tracked down and
punished.
Constant looking back,
however, to scandal, continued
muckraking and recrimination,
can lead to nothing good over
and above what the courts can
do. And the time has come for
the people and the nation to lode
ahead, to the future.
However black the past has
been, the future is what lies
ahead. It is most important to
this country and the people of
the world. The job now is to
make something of it
Thoughts
A good name is better than
precious ointment; and the
day of death, than the day of
birth — Eccl. 7:1.
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point;
Rep. John Anderson
How good a job is the 94th Congress doing?
I don’t think this Congress has been all bad. They did pass
some meaningful tax bills, giving tax reductions to the
American people. They arrived at an 11th hour compromise on
the energy bill. But, on the whole, this Congress has been a
disappointment in that too often it has postured itself in an at
titude of confrontation with the executive. I don’t think that I
would say that the White House was entirely guiltless in this
atmosphere of confrontation. But ... on this question of
vetoes, I went back into history and found out that Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, even with an overwhelming Democratic
majority, averaged 73 vetoes a year. The President has a right
to veto There has been a thoroughly consistent pattern to
most of (Ford’s) vetoes. They have reflected the fear that the
economy simply would not withstand the kind of overspending
that was represented in many of these vetoed bills.
Is Congress a spendthrift on welfare programs and a
tightwad on defense?
Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, of course, is
promoting the idea that we’re not spending enough on defense
and, with the surge on the part of the Soviet Union for
strategic weapons systems, we are going to be completely out
classed. That is a very difficult debate. It is not all black and
it’s not all white. I supported the cuts in (defense) spending.
But all of the cuts can’t come out of the defense budget. Some
of the reductions made by Congress were probably fully
justified but we cannot assume we can absorb all of the ad
ditional costs of new programs by balancing them off with a
reduction in defense. I don’t think this is a realistic view in
view of the world situation today. It is still a pretty dangerous
place.
Do we need gun control and if so, why can’t Congress
pass it?
I favor a licensing proposal. We accept with perfect
equanimity the idea that an automobile is capable of being
dangerous and have a law providing for the licensing of
drivers. A gun similarly ought to be licensed and if states will
not go ahead and pass adequate licensing laws, then the
federal government must step in. (It hasn't so far) because
the people who are totally opposed to any legislation in this
area (the National Rifle Association) are simply bombarding
congressional offices with mail and telephone calls. There
isn't any organized movement to get this kind of legislation
enacted
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They travel elsewhere.
Why not to get checks
NEWS-DAILY, JONESBORO
Hiere’s been some objections voiced to the bill in the
General Assembly that would require those receiving Aid
to Families with Dependent Children to pick up checks at
the county Department of Family and Children Services.
The bill would require those receiving the money to
have a photo identification card with proper information
on it.
It seems that these people can travel wherever they get
ready to except when it comes time to apply for more aid
or to receive their checks. If they’re told their funds will
be cut off if they don’t go to the office to get it, they’ll find a
way— even if they have to walk. The exercise would
probably be good for some of them.
There has been opposition from local Department of
Family and Children services that there would not be
enough staff to handle the people and pass out the checks.
The purpose of the programs is to cut down on cheating in
the program and if the cheaters and postage are cut out,
there probably would be more than enough money to fund
additional personnel.
As lily-white as some would have us believe, there are
cheaters in the program here in Clayton County. We
believe what those receiving the checks tell us, true or not.
Most receiving the aid need it, but we can’t give them
everything they want or they’ll just take a little more.
‘‘We’ll be the first to admit there are people who need
the money. We’ll also admit there are those who do not
need it but receive it anyway.
We believe that if those who are able want the money
and need it as badly as they say they do, they’ll find away
to the county Department of Family and Children
Services to get the check. Checks should be mailed to
those who are disabled and cannot travel, but otherwise,
the recipients should have to bend a little from the
straight and narrow to get the money.
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"There's only one corner of you must make in a crisis and
the universe you can be cer- the confidence to leave the
tain of improving, and that’s results to a higher Power
your own self So you have to Only by trust in God can a
begin there, not outside, not man carrying responsibility
on other people. That comes find repose — Dwight D
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worked on your own corner.” dent
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Cary Reeves, Bill Knight,
General Manager Executive Editor
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